Why fear death? There will be no risk after you die.

The word fear has not one, but several connotations. Fear has its roots in the seat of our emotions. As an expression, fear manifests itself usually in anticipation of some kind of specific pain or danger. The desires to either flee or fight always seem to accompany fear.

As I said earlier, that fear has its roots in the seat of our emotions. It is a primitive kind of urge. It lies dormant somewhere in the unconscious part of our mind, somewhere deep down in our base nature. It rises to the surface of our consciousness only if circumstances bring us face-to-face with a kind of painful situations our progenitors in time long past had experienced. Fear evokes in us the feelings of anxiety, makes us apprehensive to an extent that it sets in motion a thinking process. We begin to choose alternatives to avoid the unpleasant situations. We find ourselves toying with an idea whether we must either flee or fight.

Such conflicting impulses arise in us because we have in our base nature the experiences of two kinds of progenitors. Circumstances forced one type of progenitors to flee under dreadful situations.

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Another kind stood up and fought in situations, which posed a threat to their own existence. The stronger impulses always win and thus, we are able to either show ourselves as a coward or brave.

One reason that makes us fearful is that we have an inherent tendency to harbour feeling of fear at the back of our mind. We carve for ourselves a place of refuge, comfort and security. Whenever, we anticipate that an unpleasant situation is in offing we go and hide in that imaginary place of refuge and refuse to come out of it.

Fear of unknown is a kind of fear we most commonly anticipate. Fear of unknown emanates mostly out of ignorance. This sort of fear we can eradicate only by gaining knowledge. We must expose ourselves to the situation, which is causing us fear. We fear water as long as we do not know to swim. Once we have learned swimming, we will have no fear. To overcome the fear of unknown all we need is training. Once you have acquired the knowledge you will find that the fear of unknown has disappeared.

Fear of poverty is another kind of fear. The attachment to material possession and fear of losing it gives rise to the fear of poverty. A person might have never been subject to a condition of poverty, yet he fears that what would happen if he ever turns poor. Fear of poverty feeds on the feelings of insecurity. If a person makes himself secure there would be no reason for him to fear. Fear of poverty is akin to jumping out of a plane without a parachute. It is also as jumping out of 20th floor knowing that there is no netting down below to break your fall. Therefore, have a backpack with a parachute in it, or have a net tied down below. It would give you a feeling of security. You would know that even if you happen to lose all your possessions you would still have something to fall back on.

One of the worst things about the fear of poverty is that it can make a person greedy. It can make him corrupt. It can make him commit crime that can bring the person to a worst sort of grief. Therefore, never harbour the fear of poverty in yourself. Plan your future. Do something to secure your financial position. Save for the rainy day. It would save you from a lot of trouble.

Most of the people suffer from the fear of old age. The old age is something inevitable. All must pass through old age. We all know old age accompanies frailty, sickness, dependence on others, poor eyesight, lack of ability to hear, loss of teeth and several other infirmities. There is a need to prepare us to face old age. To see yourself young and healthy you must exercise. Go for a walk, shed bad habits such as smoking and drinking, and take good care of your eyes. Be particular about what you eat. Brush your teeth after every meal or at least before you go to sleep. Once you are able to keep good health you will overcome the fear of old age.

One of the worst fears of all is the fear of death. We all know all must die. Yet, why must we fear death? Fear of death too is similar to fear of unknown. We do not know what would happen to us after we die. Religions inculcate in us the fear of death by telling us that we would go either to live in heaven or hell. Heaven and hell is in our minds. It is not in some alien land. If people remember us, lovingly after we die we will be in a perpetual state of bliss. If they curse and abuse us, then we would be in a state of trauma. It is important to be at peace with others and ourselves. Try to bring joy in life of others, share their sorrows and they will remember you lovingly. Death is a continuation of life it is not the end. If you harbour this kind of feelings in your mind, you would never fear death. You would embrace it joyfully as and when it comes.

As I said before that fear has not one, but several connotations. There is the fear of criticism, fear of loss of love of someone, fear of ill health, etc. Religions also tell us to fear God. Only the one who is not obedient of his laws must fear God. One who is obedient to his law, and then there would be no reason to be afraid. God has created his laws for those who do not abide by his laws. His laws are not for the righteous.

Strange, but true all object of fear appear larger than life only when they are far-off from us. They begin to appear smaller than they actually are as we approach them. When we are right in the middle of it, they seem to vanish. They begin to look smaller after we have passed them. Instead of looking at the object through the windscreen, which invokes fear in you, rather look at it through the rear mirror. It would make you fearless.